..A touching story

Making more money is not everything in life

(A heart touching story)

An elderly man in Mumbai call to his son in Newyork and says. "I hate to ruin your day son, But I have to tell you that your mother and I are getting divorce: 35 years of marriage... And that much misery is enough"

"Dad!! What are you talking about?" That son screams

'We can't stand the sight of each other any longer,' the old man says.

'We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Hong Kong and tell her!'

Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone.

'Like heck they're getting divorced,' she shouts, 'I'll take care of this.'

She calls Mumbai immediately, and screams at the old man, 'You are not getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then , don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR??' and she hangs up.

The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife.. 'Okay', he says, 'It's all set. They're both coming for our anniversary and paying their own airfare!!'

MORAL: No man / woman is busy in this world all 365 days. The sky is not going to fall down if you take few days LEAVE and meet your dear ones.

"Life ends when you stop dreaming. Hope ends when you stop believing. Love ends when you stop caring. Friendship ends when you stop sharing"

Calm up your mind ... Story from Lord Buddha

Calm Up your Mind

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers.This was in the initial days. While they were traveling, they happened to pass a lake.They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, “I am thirsty. Do get me somewater from that lake there.”

The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that right at that moment,a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy,very turbid. The disciple thought, “How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink!”

So he came back and told Buddha, “The water in there is very muddy. I don’t think it is fit to drink.” After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get himsome water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake.

This time too he found that the lake was muddy. He returned and informed Buddha about the same. After sometime, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back.

The disciple reached the lake to find the lake absolutely clean and clear with pure water in it.The mud had settled down and the water above it looked fit to be had. So he collected somewater in a pot and brought it to Buddha.

Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and said,” See what you did tomake the water clean. You let it be…. and the mud settled down on its own – and you got clear water.

What did Buddha emphasize here? He said, “It is effortless.” Having ‘Peace of Mind’ is not a strenuous job; it is an effortless process!

In life everything goes on.......... ......Keep Going.

Have a peaceful Life!

KEEP SMILING..... ......... ......... ....not because of something, but inspite of everything.

"Great dreamers great dreams always transcended"

A.P.J Abdul Kalam

A tiny Fog's Story .. Never give up

A Tiny Frog's Story .. Never give up

Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs.... who arranged a running competition.

The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower

A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants....

The race began....

Honestly:

No one in crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.

You heard statements such as: "Oh, WAY too difficult!!"

"They will NEVER make it to the top."

or:

"Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!"

The tiny frogs began collapsing. One by one.... Except for those, who in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher....

The crowd continued to yell, "It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!"

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up....

But ONE continued higher and higher and higher.... This one wouldn't give up!

At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower. Except for the one tiny frog who, after a big effort, was the only one who reached the top!

THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it? A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal? It turned out.... That the winner was DEAF!!!!

The wisdom of this story is: Never listen to other people's tendencies to be negative or pessimistic.... because they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you -- the ones you have in your heart! Always think of the power words have. Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions!

Therefore: ALWAYS be.... POSITIVE! And above all: Be DEAF when people tell YOU that you cannot fulfill your dreams! Always think: God can make me do this!

"Your living is determined not so much byWhat life brings to you as by what you bring to life."~

John Homer Miller

Short n Nice speach by CEO of Coca Cola

Speech by Bryan Dyson (CEO of Coca Cola)

"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them - Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you're keeping all of these in the Air.


You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four Balls - Family, Health, Friends and Spirit - are made of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it. - Bryan Dyson

"Never things there is anything impossible for the soul. It is greatest heresy to think so. If there is a sin that is the only sin."
Swamy Vivekananda

When I asked God .. Swamy Vivekanada

When I Asked God for Strength

He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face

When I Asked God for Brain & Brown

He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve

When I Asked God for Happiness

He Showed Me Some Unhappy People

When I Asked God for Wealth

He Showed Me How to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Favours

He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Peace

He Showed Me How to Help Others

God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted

He Gave Me Everything I Needed

Swamy Vivekanada

"Maturity is achived when a person postpones his temporary pleasures for long term values"

Joshua L Liebman

Second thoughts .. An excellent Story

Second thoughts .. An excellent Story

A young man, a student in one of the universities, was one day taking awalkwith a professor, who was commonly called the student's friend for hiskindness to those who waited on his instructions.


As they went along,they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which were supposed to belong toa poor man who was working in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day's work…


The student turned to the professor, saying: "Let us play the man atrick: we will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those bushes, andwait to see his perplexity when he cannot find them…"

“My young friend," answered the professor, "we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor… But you are rich, and may give yourself amuch greater pleasure by means of this poor man. Put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how this affects him."

The student did so and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes…

While putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, but feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance. He gazed upon the coin, turned it around, and looked at it again and again.

He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe;but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin…


His feelings overcame him… he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud afervent thanksgiving in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom this timely bounty, from some unknown hand, would save from perishing…


The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears. "Now," said the professor, are you not much better pleased than if youhad played your intended trick?"

The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears. "Now," said the professor, are you not much better pleased than if youhad played your intended trick?"

The youth replied, "You have taught me a lesson which I will neverforget… I feel now the truth of these words, which I never understood before: "It's more blessed to give than to receive."


If you want happiness….For an hour--- take a nap For a day--- go fishingFor a month----get marriedFor a year---inherit a fortune For many years---love someone For a lifetime---help someone…

"Do n't wait to strike till the iron is hot. Make it hot by striking"
William B Sprague

University of Standford ... A fascinating story

University Of Stanford - A fascinating story

Once upon a time, a lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband,dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president of Harvard’s outer office.

The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn’t even deserve to be in Cambridge.

She frowned. “We want to see the president,” the man said softly. “He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary snapped. “We’ll wait,” the lady replied. For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away.

They didn’t. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do. “Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she told him.

And he sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn’t have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple.

The lady told him, “We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t touched, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said gruffly. “We can’t put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery”. “Oh, no,” the lady explained quickly. “We don’t want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard.”

The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent.

The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. And the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.

The president’s face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. And Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

Moral Of The Story: “You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.” Malcolm Forbes.

"Often the difference between a successful man failure is not one's better abilites and ideas but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas to take a calculated risk and to act"

Maxwell Maltz